I Crema de marfil (sp) 12x12 tiles in my master bath. Love the looks of the floor when it was new and still do in some places. IMHO, with vanity chair, kids, dogs, cats, Make up, after shave, etc, it just did not hold up well at all in the heavy traffic areas. My daughter spilled nail polish remover and it ruined an area of the tile. The least expensive quote to repolish 80sf was $650. I'll retile with something more duable for that price than spend it on repolishing every so many years. It may work for some. It did not work for us. But it is pretty. Here are pics when it looked good

Crap. And I had even done a test to make sure I knew how to do this. Sorry.

Thank you so much for your input MEC. I should start out with the basics I cannot change. I inherited a French piece which I had refinished in Palladium Blue (Benj. Moore) I am using the piece as a vanity with two sinks. I have purchased the countertop in Botuceli marble (sp). It is a beautiful cream color. The bathroom is in the rough stage. I have purchased three sconces two for cabinets which will be on each side of the vanity. The shower is rather large (5x4). The shower system is antique rubbed bronze as are the faucets. You see, I began with one contractor who took my money and used all of the wrong material for the flat roof deck, it leaked, there was no access to the crawl space, his men flooded underneath the addition, there was no pitch to the roof and the list goes on. Then.......he quit of course blaming me, the plans, my questioning what was going on. Thinking we were moving along i began purchasing the new kitchen (sitting in storage), the bed, and planning the bathroom. I love the palladium blue color of the vanity but 1. am unsure as to whether the oil rubbed bronze fixtures are right i can still exchange them for polished nickel 2. Should switch to porcelain white sinks instead of oil rubbed bronze 3. Mostly, I do not know what color the tiles should be at this point. Non of the brown/beige appeal to me. I understand now that t 1. The shower and floor should be large and seamless 2. I like dragonfly's idea of putting the same material of the counter top on the bench top, niche base, and top of bench. BUT What color tile? What color tile? What material tile? now that I see the picture of seamless I understand. Should I change the wall color? Thank you for your input and giving me some direction. I work long hours as an SLP with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and I am so tired I have little time to search for an interior designer. Ellie

I agree that it looks like travertine. I lived in El Paso for 7 years and travertine was everywhere. One of my favorite off-white colors to use with it is Capris Coast from Benjamin Moore. In context of most colors of travertine it's not too yellow or peach or "tan".